Consistent Insurance: An estimated 88.7% of US children had consistent health insurance coverage in the past year, with a wide range between 78.2% to 95.9% across US states.

Developmental Screening: As reported in the HRSA/CDC report on ASD, nearly 31% of young US children are reported to have received standardized developmental screening. Ranging from 17.5% to 58.0% across US states.

Medical Home:About half of US children meet minimum criteria for receiving care within a Medical Home, 54.4%. Rates vary widely across states and fall to 36.4% and 46.8% for children in poverty and children with special health care needs, respectively.

Positive Health and Risks

NEW TOPIC!Adverse Childhood Events: Nearly a third of US youth age 12-17 have experienced two or more adverse childhood events (30.5%), with a range of 23.0% to 44.4% across US states.

Select the map and choose your state to see how many children with special health care needs in your state are receiving care that meets the American Academy of Pediatric criteria for having a medical home.

Find out which states are top performers on prevalence of children who receive coordinated, ongoing, comprehensive care within a medical home. Select a population: CSHCN or ALL Children

The Data Resource Center has been a useful resource for many undergraduate and graduate programs across the U.S. Here is one example to help inspire the work-force development application of the DRC!

Russell Kirby, Professor and Merrell Endowed Chair at the University of South Florida College of Public Health, has used the Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health to teach his second year master's and doctoral students since 2009. In his

Secondary Data Analysis for Maternal and Child Health class, students use data from www.childhealthdata.org to generate research hypotheses. Then, using the DRC-produced datasets, fully coded and labeled with approximately 100 variables, Dr. Kirby works with his students through the research and analysis process focusing on their chosen topic. The class culminates in a presentation and manuscript, which some students take to national conferences.

Sara Kennedy is a former student of Dr. Kirby. "He is just a great professor. More than any other class, I use skills learned in his [class] every day. Secondary Data Analysis was very focused on practical data applications and skills needed for a career in research." In Dr. Kirby's class Sara used the National Survey of Children's Health to explore how health insurance status relates to patient-provider communication. She won an award for her work from Delta Omega, an Honorary Society in Public Health, which sent her to the American Public Health Association conference to present the findings. [read more]